Improvement in seed-planters



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S'EED-PLAN'TERH;

Nb.174,134. Patented Feb. 29,1876.

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SEED-PLANTYER'.

Patented. Feb. 29,1876

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

JAMES P. HILYARDAND WILLIAM E. HOHIMER, or FALL RIVER TOWNSHIP, GREENWOOD COUNTY, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-I LANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,134, dated February 29, 1876; application filed v August 29, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: rows formed in the ground. The seed-slide s Beit known that we, JAMES POWEL HIL- receives an endwise or reciprocating move- YARD and WILLIAM ELIAS HOHIMER, of Fall ment through the medium of the bevel-pin- River township, county of Greenwood and ion at on shaft c, meshing with small bevel- State of Kansas, have invented an Improvepinion e, which communicates motion through ment in Seed-Planters, of which the following shaft 9 to large spur-pinion f, which meshes 'is a specification y with small spur-pinion-h, and which operates This invention relates to improvements in pitman-wheel is through the medium of shaft seed-planters; and consists in the comhina- J, said pitman-wheel communicating an endtion and arrangement of devices, as will be wise or reciprocating movement to the seedhereinafter more fully described, and pointed slide by: means of the connecting-rod k. g outin the claim. is a spring foot-lever secured to shaft 9, for In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation throwing the seed-slide in and out of gear of our improved machine. Fig. 2 is a top or with the opera-ting mechanism. Immediately plan view, with a portion broken away to below the openings in the bottom piece of the show the seeding devices. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 seed-box are the discharge-tubes, the upper are detail views of ditferent'parts of the maportions of which are formed of rubber tubes chine. I V m, or other suitable material, which discharge Likeletters refer to like parts in all the fig the seeds into the cast-iron tubes m, formed ures. on the rear ends of the knives or openers n,

A A represent the ground or drive wheels, which form the furrows in the ground, into having spring-pawls B, which engage with which the seed is deposited. These knives the ratchets B upon shaft or axle c for reor openers a curve upward. and are jourvolving the same. '1) is a quadrangularframe naled on the shaft 1%, which is journaled in mounted upon shaft 0. D is along seed-box, the braces '11, rigidly secured to the frame 19. extending across the front of the machine, The tubes m are provided with aflange, n, for the reception of the seed to be planted. to which issecured the cross-bar It. This s is the seed-slide, formed of a piece of polcross-bar keeps the knives or openers in their 1 ishd steel, working within the seed-box, and proper relative position, and to this cross-bar immediately above the bottom piece 8. This is attached the lower end of a lever, G, where- I slide is provided with double the number of by said tubes or dischargespouts, with the openings in the bottom piece, 'for the purpose knives or openers, can be adjusted to raise hereinafter more fully explained. them out of the ground. The upper end of The bottom piece is plated with steel or lever Gr is secured in a notched plate by means l 7 iron. the same thickness as the seed-slide, and of a spring-catch, whereby the knives or has a series of openings therein, through openers can be held either in or out of the which the seed passes to the discharge-spouts. ,ground, as desired. r Two pieces of steel or iron are placed on each Immediately in rear of the knives or open- I side of the seed-box,'and far enough apart to ers are a series of covering-wheels, 0, correform grooves for the seed-slide to work in. sponding with the number of knives or open- Immediately above the seed-slide is a piece of ers used. These covering-wheels are jouri polished steel, '8, grooved into the sides of naled upon shaft D, -and arranged thereon to the seed-box, and having a series of openings act separate and independent of each other; reamed out in oblong shape, and arranged to and their object is to cover and press the seed alternate with those in the bottom piece of into the groundafter being discharged into the seed-box, so that the seed-slide will dethe furrows formed by'the knives or openers. liver the seed through the openings in the 4" are chains'secured to the cross-bar R, exbottom piece of the seed-box, both in its fortending back and secured to frame p, for the ward and backward movement, into the dispurpose of holding the knives or openers in charge-spouts, which conductit into the furtheir proper places. v

' The operation of the machine is deemed obeach other, substantiallyin the manner shown vious from the foregoing description. and described.

We claim as our invention- JAMES POWEL HILYARD. The combination, with the discharge spouts WILLIAM ELIAS HOHIMER. or tuies and knives or openers, of the cover- Witnesses: ing-wheels ,journaled on the crank-shaft, and I JOHN BRANHAM,

arranged to act separate and independent of H. J. GANTRELL. 

